Pants



(No Model.)

A. WEILEVR. PANTS. No. 245,245. Patented Ang 'NiTEn STATES PATENT OEEICE.

AUGUST WEIDER, OF MOUNT GILEAD, OHIO.

PANTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,245, dated August 2, 1881.

Application filed May 4, 18H1. (No model.)

To all whom tt may concern Be it known that LAUGUsT WEILER, of Mount Gilead, in the county of Morrow and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pants; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of this specitication.

My invention relates to an improvement in the legs and sleeves of garments; and it consists in making` both the leg or sleeve and its lining somewhat longer than the garment is to be made up, and then doubling the end of the leg or sleeve upon itself and the lining upon itself, and then sewing the lower edge of the lining to the inside of the leg or sleeve, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to make the sleeves and legs of garments somewhat longer than they are to be made up, so that in case either one should prove to be too short for the person buying, the tailor has only to rip out the stiches which fasten the lining to the leg or sleeve, lengthen the leg or sleeve the desired amount, press out the crease where the turned-in part was made, and the garment is ready for use without the necessity of the tailor having to remove anything more than a few stitches. j

Figure l represents a vertical section of a pair ot' pants, showing the leg and the lining turned inward and ready to be seweu in position. Fig. 2 shows a similar view, showing the leg when finished. Fig. 3 is a similar view, showing the leg when lengthened out.

Instead of cutting the garment the length it is to he made, it is cut an inch or more longer, and the lining A is also cut longer than is necessary. The garment is then made up in the usual manner; but just before the legs are finished the cloth is doubled upon itself, as shown in Fig'. l, and the lining is Ialso doubled upon itself a corresponding distance. The distance this cloth and lining are to be doubled inward depends entirely upon how much limit the tailor wishes to give himself in lengthening the garment in case it should be found too short after it is finished for the purchaser. After the clothing and the lining have been turned inward upon themselves, as shown in Fie. l, the lower edge of the lining is then sewed to the inside of the cloth at D, as shown in Fig. 2, and the garment is then ready for the market or purchaser.

In case it should be found that the leg or sleeve is too short, the tailor has only to rip out the stitches at D, which bind the lining to the cloth, draw down the cloth and lining either the full distance that they have been turned in, or any distance that may be found necessary. After both the lining and the cloth are drawn down to their full length, the tailor, after he has drawn out the stitches D, has simply to press out the crease which was formed by the turning in of the cloth, and the garment. is ready for use immediately. Ihis can be done in a few moments and while the purchaser is waiting, instead of having to semi back the garment to the tailor to be lengthened out in the usual manner.

Where a tuck is simply made in the lining' itself it has been found impraeticable, or very undesirable, and where the garment is made in the usual manuel' there is too milch time and trouble required to lengthen the leg or sleeve. By this arrangement of parts it is only necessary to remove a few stitches and press ont the crease, which can be done while the customer is waiting.

I am aware that it is notnew to take one or more tucks or reefs in the lining of a leg or sleeve, and this I disclaim. My invention differs from this in doubling the material and lining together and then sewing their lower edges together, so that when it is desired to lengthen the garment it is only necessary to eut the row of stitches at D.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The method of lengthening and shortening sleeves and legs of garments, which consists in sewing the lining` to the lower edge ot' the material out of which the garment is made, then doubling the material inward upon itself, then doubling the lower edge ot' the lining outward upon itself a corresponding distance, and finally sewing the lower edge of the fold in the lining to the material at D, substantially as shown and described.

I testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

AUGUST WEIDER.

Witnesses:

J oHN J. GURLEY, A. A. GARDNER.

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